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Session topics

* Fetal imaging
o First trimester ultrasound in the detection of aneuploidy and anomalies
o Second trimester diagnosis of fetal anomalies using MRI
* Cytogenetics
o Array CGH in prenatal diagnosis
o Clinical significance of DNA copy number variation
* Fetal DNA/RNA
o Use of single nucleotide polymorphism ratios to detect Down syndrome
o Nucleic acids as markers of fetal development and preeclampsia
* Fetal therapy
o Treatment of fetal emergencies
o Stem cell therapy for single gene disorders
o In utero treatment of cardiac disease
* PGD
o Diagnosis of single gene and chromosome disorders
* Screening
o Prenatal screening for Fragile X syndrome and spinal muscular atrophy
o Early screening and diagnosis of placental dysfunction
* Teratology
o Maternal obesity and birth defects
o In utero parvoviral infection
* Legal
o Medicolegal pitfalls in prenatal diagnosis
o International perspective on legislating reproductive technologies